Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide
OL-16598-01
Preface
This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Nexus 5000 Series Fabric
Manager Configuration Guide. It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.
Audience
This guide is for experienced network administrators who are responsible for configuring and
maintaining Nexus 5000 Series switches.
Organization
This guide is organized as follows:
Chapter Title Description
Chapter 1 Product Overview Provides an overview of Nexus 5000 Series
switches.
Chapter 2 Installing Cisco Fabric Manager Provides a brief overview of Fabric Manager
components and capabilities, and information
on installation and launching the applications.
Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Server Provides in-depth descriptions of GUI and
capabilities for the Fabric Manager Server.
Chapter 4 Authentication in Fabric Manager Describes the authentication schemes between
Fabric Manager components and fabric
switches.
Chapter 5 Fabric Manager Client Provides in-depth descriptions of GUI and
capabilities for the Fabric Manager Client.
Chapter 6 Device Manager Provides in-depth descriptions of GUI and
capabilities for the Device Manager.
Chapter 7 Using Cisco Fabric Services Provides descriptions of GUI and capabilities
for Cisco Fabric Services.
Chapter 8 Configuring Ethernet Interfaces Provides descriptions of how to configure
Ethernet interfaces using Fabric Manager.